Collage & Painting with Suzanne Sbarge – G26090404
Collage has a rich history and is used by contemporary artists around the world today. It can be a liberating and adventurous way of working that is full of surprises, guided by intuition and the unconscious. Collage is often associated with the Dada movement (born in Europe during World War I), which is known for disrupting logic and defying aesthetic categories.
In this spirit, we will play, experiment, and get familiar with techniques of combining collage and painting. We will use water-based paints and work with new and old collage materials – spanning vintage imagery to the ephemera of contemporary life – to explore diverse styles and directions from narrative to abstract.
All skill levels are welcome. Some collage and painting materials will be provided, and participants are encouraged to bring their own collage materials to add to the mix.
Instructor
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Suzanne SbargeSuzanne Sbarge is a New Mexico-based artist who does collage-based work across painting, photography, animation, and sculpture. She creates animal/human hybrids in surreal scenarios as an exploration of the unconscious and the natural world. As the 2025 Artist-in-Residence at Ogden Contemporary Arts in Utah, she created a series of work about the animals and delicate ecosystem of Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake. Sbarge has done multiple residencies in Oaxaca, Mexico and at Vermont Studio Center. Her work has been exhibited in over 80 group exhibitions and 18 solo shows since the late 1980s. It is in the collections of over 150 local, national and international collectors, and has been represented at galleries across the United States. She received a BA in Art History and Studio Arts from Barnard College (1987) and an MA in Art Education from the University of New Mexico (1991).